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TIL for over 15 years Paul Rudd has been showing the same clip of Mac and Me on the Conan O'Brien instead of clips from the movies he’s starring in and promoting.

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KY8kJ TIL that there is a stereotype about Circassian women being the ideal standard of attractiveness for a woman to reach, the illusion being particularly strong in the 18th century with cosmetic companies going as far as to sell products that they claimed were used by Circassian women.
KdwQ TIL that in 1830, a black man named Ira Aldridge portrayed the title character in Othello and stunned critics not because his acting was excellent, but because a black man could remember “the most difficult passages” correctly
vPjL8 TIL that the BBC had no archival policy until 1978, and many of its old broadcasts were only aired live. A number of BBC broadcasts are lost, including a show featuring a then-unknown Bob Dylan; 97 episodes of Dr. Who; and most of its coverage of the moon landing.
QJWo9 TIL of the art movement called Accidentalism, in which a portrait is painted first, and only after the work is done a person is looked for that looks like the one in the painting. There are still portraits that have not found a subject yet.
1elD TIL that one company owns Ray Bans, Arnette, Oakley, Persol, and Oliver Peoples, makes glasses for Chanel, Prada, Armani, Coach, Versace, and Polo Ralph Lauren, owns Sunglass Hut, LensCrafters, Target Optical, and Pearle Vision, and owns EyeMed, a vision insurance company.